Muji to open hotels in China and Japan
Japanese retailer Muji is set to open hotels in Shenzhen, China and Tokyo, Japan, which will be styled with the minimalist brand's furnishings and products. More
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David Rockwell shares photographs of detailed theatre set models
New York architect David Rockwell's models of his flamboyant set designs for Broadway shows and movies, from Hairspray to Team America, are documented in these photographs. More
Textiles are a "simple, smart material" says Kvadrat Soft Cells design director
Kvadrat Soft Cells design director Jesper Nielsen explains the advantages of the three-dimensional textile panel system his team is developing in this movie Dezeen filmed for Kvadrat in Copenhagen. More
V&A exhibition charts the rise and fall of humble plywood
The social history of plywood – as an innovator in the furniture and transport industries, and a maligned everyday material – is explored in a new exhibition at London's V&A museum, which opens this weekend. More
MVRDV unveils plans for Eindhoven housing with jagged grass-covered roofs
Rotterdam studio MVRDV has unveiled plans for a residential tower complex in Eindhoven, featuring spiky plant-covered roofs and greenhouses. More
New York Wheel in jeopardy as construction halts indefinitely
Work on a giant observation wheel planned for New York's Staten Island has ground to a halt, after a legal battle resulted in the firing of its contractor. More
10 homes that make clever use of lightwells to bring daylight in
We've selected 10 popular projects from Dezeen's Pinterest boards that show how lightwells can be used to channel daylight down into parts of the home where windows are limited. More
Caruso St John uses spruce lumber boards to create design studio for Kvadrat Soft Cells
Architecture firm Caruso St John has transformed a Copenhagen warehouse into a wood-panelled studio, where the Kvadrat design team can develop their range of acoustic panelling. More
BIG creates subterranean museum by carving channels into dune by Nazi bunker
Danish firm BIG has built an "invisible museum" in Blåvand, Denmark, by cutting linear passageways out of the sand dune beside a bunker built by German forces during the second world war. More
Salvaged tower-block cladding could be used to build migrant housing
Cladding panels removed from high-rise buildings are repurposed to build temporary homes for Romanian migrant workers in this proposal by architecture studio Reed Watts, which has just been named winner of a charity-organised design competition. More
Claesson Koivisto Rune designs rain-themed interiors for Bergen's Zander K hotel
The rainy climate in Bergen, Norway, was the basis for the blue-tinted interiors of the Zander K hotel designed by Stockholm studio Claesson Koivisto Rune. More
Graduate Xiang Guan designs furniture that only works when a human is present
The objects in this furniture collection by Central Saint Martins graduate Xiang Guan can only function when they come into contact with a person. More
Job of the day: senior designer at Nike
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a senior designer at Nike, whose headquarters in New York is emblazoned with a huge tick made from sedum plants. More ›
From a mushroom wall to a bank of materials, eight highlights from Jerusalem Design Week 2017
Installations, exhibitions and projects dealing with complex issues such as national identity and raw materials featured at this year's Jerusalem Design Week, and we've selected eight of the best. More